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the UNCSD to minimize dialog with NGOs and other major groups have
perpetuated the trend of important stakeholders abandoning the institu-
tion. However, the UNCSD still occupies a unique position in the archi-
tecture of global environmental governance as the most open and
inclusive site for the articulation of principles for the achievement of
sustainable development—a unique role that can be harnessed for the
advancement of environmental justice.
Notes
1. There are currently nine NGO constituencies: BINGO (business and industry
NGOs), ENGO (environmental NGOs), TUNGO (trade union NGOs), IPO
(indigenous peoples' organizations), LGMA (local government and municipal
authorities), RINGO (research-oriented and independent organizations), YUNGO
(youth NGOs), Faith (faith-based NGOs), and Gender (gender-based NGOs).
2. To learn more about confl ict between BINGOs and NGOs at the UNFCCC,
see Pulver 2005.
3. Personal interview.
4. The Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) was adopted at the fi rst Global
Conference on Sustainable Development of SIDS in Barbados in 1994.
5. The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation was drafted at the World Summit for
Sustainable Development, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002.
6. To manage this jurisdictional overlap in a way that reduced redundancy and
increased cooperation, the UN charged the UNCSD with coordinating the activi-
ties of several environmentally focused IGOs. Originally, the UNCSD accom-
plished this coordination under the umbrella of the Inter-Agency Cooperation
Committee. In 1993, the IACC was replaced by the Division for Sustainable
Development (DSD), which currently serves as the offi cial secretariat for the
Commission on Sustainable Development.
7. Most UN agencies restrict observer and consultative status to international
organizations, which must show memberships that span multiple nations.
8. After the UNCSD NGO Steering Committee was affectively abandoned
in 2001, the NGOs reinvented their self-governance structure as SDIN, which
currently serves as the informal coordinator of NGO participation at the
commission. Similarly, the commission itself has consistently morphed to encom-
pass emerging trends. One recent example is the inclusion of “Partnership Fairs”
to facilitate successful multisectoral partnerships engaged in the implementation
of commission goals.
References
Athanasiou, Tom. 2010. After Copenhagen: On being sadder but wiser, China, and
justice as the way forward. http://www.ecoequity.org/2010/01/after-copenhagen/.
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